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Don’t Be A Monkey: Changing The Meaning Of “Actionable” Research
Generally speaking, people seek out the type of analysis and commentary that validates their own way of thinking about the world. Confirmation bias is a powerful thing.
I try my best to "cure" people of this rather noxious habit. For one thing, the satisfaction you get from hearing someone else agree with you instills a false sense of confidence in your beliefs. You can only become more confident in your own hypotheses by subjecting them to scrutiny (i.e. by considering the opposing viewpoint)
The Heise is a wise man and getting more tolerable. Man, am I glad I found this site.
Thanks for your righting this year and the great work after your incident. A spade is a spade is a spade and your not afraid to expose it, Thats what i want to know as there is a lot of bias from so called people of knowledge who impress the lazy.
To give you an idea of me i follow the 3 E’s,,, Environment, Energy and Economy,, in that order,, these are all linked together and are the problems we face today. Since the GFC i have learnt about the Economy and it has been a difficult task as there is so much bias, to over come this i have been a diverse reader, it has cost me some time but the knowledge is priceless. Heisenberg you have been a ray of sunlight, thank you and have a great New Year.
Cheers from down under. CRUSTY>